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Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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AGETYLENE-GENERATOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13, 1908.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Serial No. 462,470.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that we, RAMON FLonnNr REYNTIENS, a subject of the Kingdomof Belgium, and HENRY JAc Uns MEERTENS, a subject of the Kingdom of theNetherlands, both residing in Oakland, Alameda county, California, havejointly invented certain new and useful Improvements inAcetylene-Generators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for generating acetylene andwhich is capable of being used directly as an illuminating apparatuswhen the gas is permitted to issue directly from the burner nozzle.

The construction and operation of an apparatus embodying the inventionwill be understood from the following description having reference tothe accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a generator constructed according tothe invention and adapted to be used directly as an illuminatingapparatus. This figure shows the ap paratus out of action, while Fig. 2is a like view of the apparatus in action. Fig. 3 is a detail of abayonet joint used in the generator shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The generator comprises a container A, preferably of metal andconstituting the support of the apparatus. This container A issurmounted by a cap 0 fixedly connected with a cylinder 0? which isconnected with a carbid basket 9 by clamps t at the bottom. Between thetwo cylinders (Z and 9 there is a vertically movable hell it of whichthe top D carries a cap E filled with wadding or the like, andsurmounted by a cock R upon which is carried the burner X. The upper endof the bell is perforated as indicated at i to permit the passage of gasthrough the wadding. The cover C is fixedly connected with internalclamps a, shown in section in Fig. 2 and in face view in Fig. 3. Theseplates have a vertical slot '0 at the ends of which are horizontalportions w w, the lower one of which is entered by a vertical slot ywith a widened mouth. The reservoir A has inwardly projecting pins 2adapted to enter the slot y m w and 0. Thus by a bayonet joint movementthe carbid or equivalent material carried in the basket can be keptabove or below the water as may be desired. The basket 9 carries twogrids G G one above the other within its cylindrical wall; the lower onebeing of finer mesh than the upper so as to retain small pieces ofcarbid which detach themselves and which pass through the upper grid.

In using this apparatus the reservoir A is filled with water and thecover O and its basket are applied by the bayonet joint, with the pins 2in engagement with the grooves 00, so that the carbid can be maintainedabove the water. This is the position of Fig 1. The cap D may be removedand the basket filled with carbid, after which the cap with its hell itis replaced, the bell entering between the two cylinders d and g, andbeing moved downward until the cap D rests directly on the cover G. Thenwhen the apparatus is to be operated it is sufiicient to lower theentire cover and parts con nected therewith, including the basket andbell, and to hold it down by bringing the pins 2 into engagement withthe upper horizontal grooves 00 of the bayonet joint. This is theposition of Fig. 2, the carbid being in contact with the water.

The apparatus as illustrated is of metal, but it may be constructed ofany suitable material such as glass, porcelain or the like, and may haveany suitable form and dimensions.

What we claim is An acetylene generator adapted to serve also as aburner, comprising a reservoir A for water, a basket 9 adapted to beintroduced into said reservoir, a cover 0 connected to said basket,means for holding the basket and cover in either one of two positions inwhich the apparatus is operative and inoperative respectively, a bell hadapted to pass between the basket and the cover, and a cap Dsurmounting said bell and containing material through which the gas isto be assed, the upper end of the bell being perforated to permit suchpassage of the gas.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

RAMON FLORENT REYNTIENS. HENRY JACQUES MEERTENS.

Witnesses H. C. Goxn, GABRIEL BELLIARDS.

